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How to use taco in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Taco means a Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa. Example: “Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!”

Examples of taco by meaning

nounThe vulva.

  • Even if you think your husband is hiding his sausage in her taco, that was brazen.2015, Cynthia Dane, A Fragile Wife: A Billionaire Romance, Barachou Press

verbTo fold or cause to buckle in half, similar to the way a taco is folded.

  • The boat tacoed — the front and rear bent in — and I was holding onto a strap on the frame, sitting more on the tube than the frame, and I was catapulted forward.1996, Arizona Highways - Volume 72, page 9
  • J.T. was in full scoop mode and whaling down the descent and he creamed into the dude, tacoed his front wheel, sheared off his front brake, and came as close to cursing as he ever has.2003, Bob Roll, Bobke II, →ISBN, page 91
  • I'd left it in neutral and it rolled straight back into the barn and tacoed that door.2008, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel, Going Green: A Wise Consumer's Guide to a Shrinking Planet

More sentences with taco

  • Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!From the entry bomb
  • She preferred taquitos to regular tacos because she found them less messy.From the entry taquito
  • I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga.From the entry combo
  • Table 2 needs three tacos, and Table 4 needs six, so that's nine tacos, all day.From the entry all day
  • We offer sandwiches, tacos, and other hand-helds.From the entry hand-held
  • Tony likes eating at interior Mexican restaurants because they put white cheese on their tacos, and not yellow cheese.From the entry Interior Mexican
  • We share a trio of street tacos and a box of classic ensaïmadas.2023, T.K. Richards, “Spain: Levi”, in My Gift to You, LNK Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry ensaïmada
  • Like regular salsa, it's great as a dip or a topping for burritos and tacos.(Can we date this quote?), Vegetarian Times Editors, “Tomato-Avocado Salsamole”, in Vegetarian Times, archived from the original on 01 Dec…. From the entry salsamole
  • What diner won't be intrigued when they read Copi tacos or Copi burgers on a menu?"2022 June 22, Jelisa Castrodale, quoting Colleen Callahan, “What Is Copi? A New Name for an Invasive Fish”, in Food&Wine. From the entry copi
  • "Telling Lia, 'You are on track to be the Captain Ahab of the idealized al pastor taco'?"2022, Lyndsay Faye, The King of Infinite Space, Penguin Publishing Group, page 74. From the entry Captain Ahab
  • A mini taco sitting in a lime wedge: Lookatchu and your catering skills.2021, Dustin Harder, “It’s a Handful: Sandwiches, Tacos, and Burritos That Pack a Punch”, in Epic Vegan Quick and Easy: Simple One-Pot and…. From the entry lookatchu
  • “A taco is a bunch of fillings stuffed into a foldy thing.2021, Fritzi Cox, Royally Cursed. From the entry foldy
  • Four or five types of a la carte tacos and tapas, like the shrimp doughnut, are planned.2019 February 1, Meaghan Habuda, “Asian fusion lounge Caracara and its kid sister, Taco Baby, coming to Dunedin”, in Creative Loafing…. From the entry crabocado
  • "Lony, you like the taste of Indian tacos, right?" Orvil says.2018, Tommy Orange, There, There, 1st; Everybody Reads edition, New York: Vintage Books, published 2020, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 131. From the entry Indian taco
  • Then he orders two tacos and a side of chips and cheese.2016, K. A. Barson, Charlotte Cuts it Out, Viking, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry chips and cheese
  • Taco Bell isn’t alone in putting a positive spin on their job titles.[2014 July 31, Joe Pinsker, “Why Taco Bell Likes to Call Its Workers 'Champions'”, in The Atlantic. From the entry imagineer
  • Every time I went there all I looked for were strippers, street tacos, and the donkey show.2012, Adam Carolla, Not Taco Bell Material. From the entry street taco
  • We have guns, drugs, and shirts with that delightful little taco dog on them.1999, 20th Century Fox, Family Guy - 2ACX09: Dammit, Janet! (Animatic Draft), page 41. From the entry taco dog
  • You can feast on turkey tacos for $4.50, vegetarian sandwiches for $4, and peanut-butter-and-jellies for $1.75.1992, Berkeley students in cooperation with the Associated Students of the University of California, On the Loose in the Pacific Northwest…. From the entry peanut-butter-and-jelly
  • The students enjoyed tacos, tamales, Spanish rice, enchiladas, guacamole salad, and the sopaipa dessert.1974 April 4, Holley Westbrook, “Manhattan High School News”, in The Northside Sun, volume 7, number 20, Jackson, Miss., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry sopaipa
  • They make, freeze, and market Elena’s famous tortillas and tamales, tacos, enchiladas, and tamalitos.1958, Helen Evans Brown, “Introduction”, in Elena Zelayeta, Elena’s Secrets of Mexican Cooking, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company…. From the entry tamalito
  • Rose meat tacos now on our menu.2022 September 14, "Rose meat tacos now on our menu. Tacos de suadero ahora en nuestro menu", cielo_tacos on Instagram. From the entry rose meat
  • Dishes highlight fresh seafood and include ceviche, seafood burgers, and specialty tacos like lobster and fish al pastor.2018, Joshua Eden Hinsdale, Explorer's Guide Playa del Carmen, Tulum & the Riviera Maya (Fifth Edition) (Explorer's Complete), The…. From the entry al pastor
  • Menu offerings include sliders, tacos and frosé (frozen rosé), and games like cornhole are set up for patrons.2018 July 18, Melanie Pincus, “Rooftop Spot Now Open at Le Meridien Hotel in Rosslyn”, in ARLnow, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2025. From the entry frosé
  • If you don't date, or if you decide to break up later you don't want things to be awko taco.2014, Worth the Wait: A Catholic Teen's Guide to Dating, Marriage, and Happiness, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry awko taco
  • The neighbors' bipolar taco terrier wasn't even barking.2013 March 21, L.J.K. Oliva, chapter 1, in A World Apart (Shades Below, #1), page 15. From the entry taco terrier
  • I only liked her cooking, and I avoided restaurants, even hamburger or taco stands, until I started dating.”2009, Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger, Santa Miracles: 50 True Stories That Celebrate the Most Magical Time of the Year, Avon, Mass.…. From the entry mama's boy
  • The suspect ate a light bulb and bit through a man’s neck before peacing out in a stolen taco van.2008 October 29, “JELLO spells death for some”, in The Daily Evergreen, WA. From the entry peace out
  • These included sopaipas (fritters steeped in honey), taco salad, Spanish rice, guacamole dip, bean salad, refried beans, taco dip, and doritos.1988 January 25, Sue Mroz, “Senoras, senoritas sponsor Mexican fiesta”, in The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wis., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7…. From the entry sopaipa
  • You won’t find a crunchier, munchier, fresher taco anywhere!1979, Del Taco, “Crunchy, Munchy, Fresh, ’n Good”, in Los Angeles Rams 1979 Media Guide, Anaheim, Calif.. From the entry munchy
  • He’s just a little taco dog.2026, Darek Isaacs, The Legendary Adventures of Doc Copper And the Mad Dash of Fire Face, page 166. From the entry taco dog
  • I’d pair the Piñarita with barbecued pulled pork to balance a meaty meal, or drink it with fish tacos to evoke margarita-like vibes.2024 December 20, Anna Perling, “The 17 Best Non-Alcoholic Drinks In A Can Or Bottle”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 17 May 2025. From the entry piñarita
  • Look, glittery tacos have their place.2023 November 25, Matt Wake, “Five meals under $10 that I love from local Huntsville restaurants (and you will, too!)”, in The Huntsville…. From the entry funk
  • Right now, our friends are going to dances that Germ says are awko taco and learning to sew pillows in Life Skills class.2022, Jodi Lynn Anderson, The Sea of Always, →ISBN, page 171. From the entry awko taco
  • Crunchy, spicy and quick to make, BLT tacos are a simple after-work dinner, or a brunch you can make while you’re still half-asleep.2018 August 17, Melissa Clark, “The BLT, as You’ve Never Seen It”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry BLT
  • Customize the flavor by adding your choice of spice blend, such as taco spices for Mexican or ras el hanout or harissa for North African.2017, Nina Olsson, chapter 7, in Bowls of Goodness: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes Full of Nourishment, Kyle Books, page 164. From the entry neatball

Meaning of taco

  1. noun A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
  2. noun The vulva.
  3. noun A yellow stain on a shirt's armpit caused by sweat or deodorant.

Full definition of taco

Questions about taco in a sentence

How do you use taco in a sentence?
Taco is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Have you tried the new tacos from that restaurant? They're pretty bomb!”
What is a short sentence with taco?
“He’s just a little taco dog.”
What does taco mean?
Taco means a Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taco (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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